Statistical Contact Report for FY2019Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019

1132458.6

Total Hours

Contributed.

7004191

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

36401.21

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

340008

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Stories

Garden to Table- Plastic Mulching Benefits Local Restaraunt

A local restaurant in Flemingsburg, Kentucky decided to start growing some of the vegetables that they utilize a lot in their day-to-day operations. When the owner discussed his ideas and concerns with me during a training at the local Extension office, I suggested plastic mulch as a possibility to assist in his weed control for this endeavor. Unfamiliar with the practice, and the equipment utilized in laying plastic mulch I enlisted the assistance of a neighboring ANR agent. We provided the own...

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Garden to Table- Plastic Mulching Benefits Local Restaraunt

People

Rhonda Linkous

Extension Associate

Rhonda
I was a classroom teacher for 27 years and recently retired from public education in July 2022.  Currently, I am realizing that one never really stops working; their jobs and roles within those j... More

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